Half lion: how P.V. Narasimha Rao transformed India
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2016. Description: 388p.; 18cmsISBN: 9780670088225Subject(s): South Asia; India -- Narasimha Rao, P. V., 1921-2004 | -- Prime ministers | -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 954 V56
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| 934 S52 India's ancient past | 940.5318092 F73 Man's search for meaning | 954 N44 The discovery of India | 954 V56 Half lion: how P.V. Narasimha Rao transformed India | 954.02 C43 History of medieval India: 800-1700 | 954.035 C43 India's struggle for independence | 954.035092 G36 My experiments with truth: an autobiography |
When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited a nation adrift, violent insurgencies, and economic crisis. Despite being unloved by his people, mistrusted by his party, and ruling under the shadow of 10 Janpath, Rao transformed the economy and ushered India into the global arena. With exclusive access to Rao's never-before-seen personal papers and diaries, this definitive biography provides new revelations on the Indian economy, nuclear programme, foreign policy and the Babri Masjid. Tracing his early life from a small town in Telangana through his years in power, and finally, his humiliation in retirement, it never loses sight of the inner man, his difficult childhood, his corruption and love affairs, and his lingering loneliness. Meticulously researched and brutally honest, this landmark political biography is a must-read for anyone interested in knowing about the man responsible for transforming India.